BC Primary Teachers' Association

Due to the ever-changing nature of the Internet some of the links may have changed or become obsolete. Please check them out before allowing students to access them. Inform the BCPTA Web Manager of any broken or inappropriate links needing to be removed!!

 

GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL SITES
BC Ministry of Education Site http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/educprof_ps.htm

Canadian Government http://www.canada.gc.ca/
Alberta Education Website http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/resources/
What to Expect Your First Year Teaching http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/
"Teacher's Guide to the U.S. Dept. of Education" http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TeachersGuide
US Dept. of Education http://www.ed.gov/teachers/landing.jhtml?src=pn

TEACHERS' FEDERATIONS
BCTF http://www.bctf.ca
BCTF Teaching to Diversity http://www.bctf.ca/TeachingtoDiversity
CLN (Community Learning network...Open School BC) http://www.cln.org
Ontario Teachers' Federation http://www.otffeo.on.ca/
American Federation of Teachers' http://www.aft.org

GENERAL IDEAS
Word Puzzles for kids http://www.puzzlemaker.com

Let's put The Joy Back in Teaching And Learning http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/social_emotional_learning/107289

Learning Disabilities Online http://www.ldonline.org/
Discovery http://school.discovery.com
Tammy's Tidbits http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/educ.html

TEACHER DISCUSSION GROUPS
Teachers Net http://www.teachers.net/mentors/early_childhood/

http://www.edwebproject.org/resource.cntnts.html/

www.bctf.ca/education/assessment/educationaldataprimer

TEACHER RESOURCES

Teachers Net http://www.teachers.net/
Pam Southwell's Ideas http://www.pamsouthwell.com/
A to Z teacher stuff http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
Information Please Kids' Almanac http://kids.infoplease.com/
Beginning Teachers' Tool Box http://www.inspiringteachers.com/
Teachers helping teachers http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
I Love Teaching http://www.iloveteaching.com/
Santa Claus http://www.santaclaus.com/
Teacher Information Network http://www.teacher.com/
NASA & science http://www.nasa.gov/

Animations http://www.gifanimations.com/index.html /
Roots of Empathy www.rootsofempathy.org/

Sites for Teacher's www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.senteacher.org/main/print.php/

Clyde Hertzman's EDI project www.earlylearning.ubc.ca

ONLINE NEWSPAPER
http://www.edweek.org

 

FINE ARTS: (Dance Drama Music Visual Arts)
B.C. Fine Arts K-7 (1998) IRP http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/fak7.pdf
Pam Southwell (Music) http://www.teachers.net/
Dr. Jean http://www.drjean.org/

HEALTH and CAREER EDUCATION
B.C. Health and Career Education K-7 (2006) IRP http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/hcek7.pdf

KINDERGARTEN
Books That Are Songs http://www.nellieedge.com/FavoriteBooksThatSing.htm
A Kindergarten Perspective On Play http://www.cfc-efc.ca/docs/cccf/00000984.htm
From Play to Literacy http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/katzsym/wilford.html
Math Tubs In Kindergarten http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/math_tubs.html
Saskatchewan Kindergarten http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/kindergarten/index.html
Full & Half-day K Research http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004078
The Worksheet Dilemma: Benefits of Play-Based Curricula http:www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=134
Dramatic Play: A Daily Requirement For Children http://http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?A=263&FuseAction=Article
Chopsticks and Counting Chips (about the value of play) http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200305/Chopsticks_Bodrova.pdf
The Kinder Webring http://W.webring.com/hub?ring=theKinderring
RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of Play Encourages Parents to Say "It's O.K. to Play" http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=284#284
Kindergarten Teacher http://www.lib.csufresno.edu/subjectresources/curriculumjuvenile/kindergarten/
Kindergarten Consultant http://www.kindergartenconsultant.com/links.asp
Magical memory reading http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/grown-ups/educators/index.html
Top 100 Kids Sites http://www.ultimate-top100.com/kids-sites/index.html
Under 5s http://www.under5s.co.uk/
Kindergarten Math Sites http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/tech/k6/kmsites.htm
Playhouse Disney- free website for Educators http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/grown-ups/educators/index.html

LANGUAGE ARTS
B.C. English Language Arts (K-7) 2007 IRP http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/ela_k7_2007.pdf
Reading On Line http://www.readingonline.org
International Reading Association http://www.reading.org
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement http://www.ciera.org
Classroom Connect http://www.classroom.net/

Me Read? No Way. Download this publication from Ontario Education: a practical guide to improving boys' literacy skills.http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/meread/index.html
Literacy Connectionshttp://www.literacyconnections.com/ReadingAloud.php
Mother Goosehttp://mothergoose.com
Read Write Thinkhttp://readwritethink.org
Reading Recoveryhttp://readingrecovery.org
Get Ready To Readhttp://www.getreadytoread.org
Adrian Brucehttp://www.adrianbruce.com
Kids Reading Programshttp://www.kidsreadingprograms.com
Writing Fix For Kids http://www.writingfix.com/forkids.htm
www.dltk-cards.com/writingpaper/cpaperfinish.asp

€ GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Ed Place http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/actbank/torganiz.htm
North Central Regional Education Library http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm
Ed Helper http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/
Reading a-z http://www.readinga-z.com/more/graphic_org.html
Four Blocks Literacy Framework http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/graphic_organizers.htm

€ PHONEMIC AWARENESS
Reading Workshop http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex1.htm
A Goldmine of Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Worksheets http://www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm
Phonemic Awareness in Begining Reading http://reading.uoregon.edu/pa/
Songs That Build Phonological Awareness http://www.songsforteaching.com/phonemicawareness.htm
Phonemic Awareness Activities http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/awareness.html

€ PHONICS GAMES
Teach With Phonics Skilla http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4499
BBC http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm
Adrain Bruce http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm
Kaboose Reading Games http://resources.kaboose.ca/games/read2.html
LessonCorner's PuzzleMaker http://lessoncorner.com/
Starfall http://www.starfall.com/
Clifford Interactive Reading Games http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
Primary Games http://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/language_arts.htm
Between The Lions http://pbskids.org/lions/

€ AUTHORS
Dr. Seuss
http://www.seuss.org/seuss/seuss.home.html
http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/seuss.htm
Robert Munsch http://www.robertmunsch.com/
Jan Brett http://www.janbrett.com/
Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/

€ CHILDREN'S LITERATURE SITES
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

€ BOOK CLUBS
Scholastic http://www.scholastic.ca

€ STORYTELLING
Patty Bailey Storyteller http://www.pattybaileystoryteller.com/
Storytelling http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/n_storytel.html
Storyarts http://www.storyarts.org/

MATHEMATICS
B.C. Mathematics k-7 (2006) IRPhttp://www.bced.gov.ca/irp/drafts/mathk7_draft.pdf

http://www.math.com/

http://www.mazeworks.com/

http://www.aplusmath.com/

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.nctm.org/

http://www.aaamath.com/

http://www.allmath.com/

http://www.aimsedu.org/

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/

http://www.lessoncorner.com/worksheets

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math.html

http://www.funbrain.com/math/

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html

http://www.center.edu/

http://www.Figurethis.org/

PARENTING
Canadian Institute for Child Health http://www.cich.ca
Parental Involvement In Education http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Research/parentresearch.html
Positive parenting http://www.positiveparenting.com/
Discipline without Stress, Punishment, or Rewards: http://www.DisciplineWithoutStress.com
Laughing Matters http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1136355,00.html
Teams Educational Resourceshttp://teams.lacoe.edu/parents/index.asp
Helping Your Child Learn Math http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html

PHYSICAL EDUCATION & HEALTH
B.C. Physical Education K-7 (1995) IRPhttp://www.bced.gov.ca/irp/pek7/petoc.htm
Action Schools http://www.actionschoolsbc.ca
BCs PE IRP http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp_pe.htm
Canadian Association for Health PE Recreation and Dance http://www.cahperd.ca/
PE Central http://www.pecentral.com/lessonideas/pelessonplans.html
University of Sask http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/pedlp/physed.htm

SCIENCE
B.C. Science K-7 (2005) IRPhttp://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/scik7.pdf
Earth Day http://www.earthday.ca
EcoKids Online http://www.ecokids.earthday.ca
David Suzuki's Nature Challenge For Children http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids
Environment Canada's Children's Page http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/kids_e.html
Big Blue Bus (water info) http://dfompo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/bbb-lgb/index_e.asp
Children of the Earth http://www.childrenoftheerath.org
Treetures (for younger children) http://www.treetures.com
Field Trip Earth http://www.fieldtripearth.org/index.xml

SITES FOR CHILDREN
Discovery Kids http://kids.discovery.com/
Puzzlemaker http://puzzlemaker.com
How Stuff Works http://howstuffworks.com/
PBS Kids http://pbskids.org
Funbrain http://funbrain.com
Yahooligans http://yahooligans.com/
CLN http://www.cln.org/kids_index.html
Disney http://disney.go.com/
Knowledge Network http://scholastic.com/
Smithsonian Institute http://si.edu/
National Geographic http://nationalgeographic.com/kids
Time For Kids http://timeforkids.com/TFK/
Santa Claus http://santaclaus.com/
Owl Magazine http://owlkids.com
National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org
Sports Illustrated http://sikids.com
Starfall http://starfall.com

SOCIAL STUDIES
B.C. Social Studies K-7 (2006) IRP http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/ssk7.pdf
Kindergarten: About Me Theme http://www.kinderplans.com/content.cfm?pageid=153